Polk And Dallas

These two gentlemen mny be ibankful tliat tlieir location, their views on Texas, ond the contentious and jealousies of for superior men in their own party, have given them n prominence and a chance for nationnl promotion, to-whicli they could scarcely luivc laid claim on account u! their standing as disiinguisiied men. or eminent taiesmen. They were neither of them prominent natiorrnHy, ond so fnr as we have heard. were never thought of for the high stations to which they now aspire, until ihe concurrence oi cireumstances plaeed them up on the pinnncle ot observaiion. They have both hiiherto stood among he lesser lights of the nation; and wc shall see whether their elevation wil! add an thingto their splendor. Both uf them were in debted to thealaveholders lor their nomination, because tfiey were for nnnexation of 'l'exas tliro' all obstacles. As our readers will be desirous of knowing the precise standing of the Democratie candidates oa this quesiusn, we have publishcd the letter oí Mr. Polk elsewhore. The following brief ""bui comprehensivo letter to Senator Walker, whose pnmphleton Texas received so much uotice, is the only xpression of Mr. Dallas' opinión that we have seen. It must have sut'iated Mr. Walker. rHtr.AnEi.PHiA. Feb. 5, 1844, Mï Dear Sm: - I cunnot resist the impulse to teil you'how much delight I hnve taken in reading your pamphlet on Texas, &c. It is com prehensive, clear. nrgumentaive nnd eloquent. - Nothing can remove or resist your facts, and .1 dety ingenuity to assail ihe juslice and ïntegrity of your deductions ín the midst of all my distractions at the bar, m-j hcad has btr.n running ov t'ie topic f,n sume nnd your admirable brochure hns come to me likc manna in the wnyofstarved pcople. I cannot teil you, without uslng words which you might eonsidcr extravagnnt, how highly I apprecmte yotir labors. and how sincerely, asan American Democrat, J thank you. Truly and ever your. G. M. DALLAS. Hon. R. J. Walker. The charge of being s duellist istyhhdrawnby respectable Whig papers. The manner in which the story originated that he had killed his man, is thus stated by theN. Y. Courier:';Not many years since. n company ofyoufrg men in Columbia, Tenn.. Mr. Polk's place ol reïidence. got together to mnke arrangements for getling up some private theatricnls. A Mr. Polk requested a gentleman nanied Hayes. a qui et, anunble young man. to take part in ir. Mr. H. declined. but oflered to lend Mr Polk s;mc of his old cloihes on the occasion Mr. P. took offence at this - a quarrel ensued. and a day or two after, Mr. PoUi shot Mr. Bayes (had in the streets of Columbio,. The bullet Trom his pistol entered his forehead and killed him instantly." At the Faneuil Hall meeting of Democrats. Goo. Bancrofi, a very respectable gentleman, said of Mr. Polk, "He has never raised his hand against the life of his fellow-man. nor sought to incrense his store by gambling, nor participated in draining the intoxicating drauglu." Vs to Mr. Polk's slaveholding, we hnve not asceriained ary thing for certain. The Pittsburgh American says he owns a great nuniber of slaves, whom he hires out through the State. Other accounrs says he owns none but household ones; and the Cleveland Piaindealer snys he is not a slaveholder. When satisfactory testimony isproduced, we will apprisc our readers. Weknow very little concerning Messrs. Polk and Dallnsf but we do not know that tbeir nomination wao 6ecured by the slaveholders lor the accomplishment of their own purposes of ag'randizement; and if ueither ot them personally hwld elaves, this fact of their being chosen by the slaveholders as the representativos of their views, isa sufiicientguarantee. if any wero needed, ol the devotion of the nominees to 'Jiat interest to which they were indebted for their prominen position before the pub.'ic. What a " Democratie" party ibis is - their main project being the Annexntion ofT.exa8. and the consequent extensión oíSlavk ry over its vast and fertile territory!